TechConnect Summit Final Program Announced-Largest Showcase for Prescreened IPs and Early Stage Companies in Nano Tech, Clean Tech, and Life Sciences

April 24, 2008 03:59 PM US Eastern Timezone

Corporate Partnering and Funding Opportunities Highlighted June 3-5 in Boston

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TechConnect Summit, the world’s largest forum
dedicated to showcasing prescreened, advanced technologies and early
stage companies specifically in nanotech, cleantech and biotech/medical
devices announces the posting of the final program. The Summit will be
held June 3-5, 2008 at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.
Exclusive corporate needs talks this year include presentations by Air
Products and Chemicals, BASF, Boeing, Cabot, Genzyme, Honda, Kodak,
Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, Merck and Sanyo.

During the Summit, dozens of presenters of early-stage companies and
technologies meet with large corporations and investors to match-up
funding or partnering opportunities. Attendees and presenters at the
Summit will also hear exclusively from large corporations—Fortune
500 companies involved in cleantech, nanotech, and/or life sciences--
about their present and future technology needs, as well as their
technology investment areas of interest.

The annual TechConnect Summit is the world's largest event for
peer-vetted deal flow, making it ideal for early stage companies looking
for funding or partnerships, investors looking for new opportunities
that have already been filtered for quality and opportunity, and
corporations looking to invite highly qualified scientists, engineers
and researchers to help them develop solutions to specific needs.

“This year’s Summit
will feature several exciting industry session tracks for featured IPs
and Early Stage Companies, ranging from Solar Energy to Nano Materials
to Biotech & Pharma,” said Jennifer Rocha,
TechConnect Program Director. “TechConnect
will once again be co-located with NSTI Nanotech and CSI CleanTechnology
conferences, providing unique synergies between the conference attendees
that one can only find at our event.”

TechConnect is a global technology outreach & development organization.
Based in Cambridge, MA, we are dedicated to locating the world’s
most promising advanced technology sectors and assisting in the
development of ecosystems focused on accelerating the flow of
technologies from the research phase to the viable market phase.

TechConnect produces conferences and publications founded upon the
application of the academic Peer-Review process towards the evaluation
of emerging technologies and early stage companies, while providing
access to funding, tools and professional resources.

With extensive knowledge in industry, academia, and business
development, TechConnect brings only the best ideas and companies to its
audience through publications, events, and outreach activities.